Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Article Title
More on Glowing Stones
Keywords
Book of Mormon studies, radioluminescent lights, brother of Jared, aerogel
Abstract
In July 1992 INSIGHTS reported the development of radioluminescent lights that resemble the shining stones used by the Jaredites (Ether 2:19-3:6; 6:2-3, 10). Made of a highly porous silica matrix called aerogel, these modern lights-whose life expectancy is 20 years-employ tritium gas to produce beta radiation that causes a phosphor such as zinc sulfide to glow.
Recommended Citation
Tvedtnes, John A.
(1999)
"More on Glowing Stones,"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 19:
No.
7, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol19/iss7/3